When
Paul Galvin left Wexford in 2020, Roche, who was working with him, became interim manager in September 2020. He was formally ratified as manager and was given a two-year contract in January 2021. He chose to step down as Wexford manager in 2022. Roche was a
selector under Galvin's management and took over from Galvin amid the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games and was in charge for the last two league games. Roche led Wexford to a Division Four Shield in the
2021 National League and to sixth position finish in Division Four of the
2022 National Football League; however, Dublin defeated the team twice in the
Leinster Senior Football Championship. Roche was a squad member when Wexford played in the 2008 and
2011 Leinster SFC finals. He
scored 2–04 against
Carlow in the
2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship semi-final and was awarded 'man of the match'. Roche is a
Geraldine O'Hanrahans player and he got a win over
Wicklow as well in the 2021 championship. Another achievement for Shane Roche as Wexford manager was defeating
Offaly in the
Leinster Preliminary Round in 2022 with Offaly being two divisions above Wexford at the time. Outside of football, Roche is a P.E. teacher in
St Peter's College, Wexford. ==References==